Fender.



R. D. BRADDY.

FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3.1915.

1 ,15%,47 Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

2 SHEETSSHEE1 1.

R. 0. BRADDY.

FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED J ULY 3,1915.

1,154,478. Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

BUFIS D/BRADDY, OF ANACONDA, MONTANA.

FENDER.

Specification of Iletters Patent.

Application filed July 3, 1915. Serial No. 87,835.

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porting members A comprising an upper- Be it known that 1, Runs Di BBADDY, a arm 7 connected at 8 to the top bar of the citizen of the United States, residing at Anaconda, in the county of Deer Lodge and State of Montana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fenders, of which the following is aspecitication.

This invention relates to fenders particularly designed for use on automobiles, motor trucks and other motor propelled dirigible vehicles, the object in view being to produce a tender which may be readily applied to the present day type of automobile or motor truck, said fender having means whereby it may be fastened directly to the front axle of the machine and also embodying a novel combination of elements whereby the main body of the fender is adapted to yield simultaneously in a rearward and 0 downward direction, thereby cushioning the blow delivered tothe person or object struck by the tender and also, by the lowering operation, preventing such person or object from being carried under the wheels and body of the machine. I

lYith the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as hefein described, illustrated and claimed. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved fender showing the same applied to an automobile. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 1 is an en- 5 larged detail view of the yielding connection between the supporting members and body of the tender.

The main body of the fender is preferably composed of tubing and comprises a top horizontal bar 1. substantially vertical end bars 2 and a bottom bar 3, the central portion of which is offset in an upward direction to provide a three-sided extension comprising the horizontal bar 1 and the side or end bars 5 which connect the bars 3 and 4. This leaves an open space designated at (3 to allow for starting the engine with the use of the ordinary hand crank, while at thesame time allowing the opposite side or end portions of the body to extend low enough to prevent persons and objects from getting under the front wheels of the machine.

The body of the fender hereinabove describedis sustained in its ope 'ati e position by means of a pair of supportingmembers designated generally at A, each of said supfender body, and a lower arm 9 connected to the bottom portlon of the tender as hereinal'ter described, the arms 8 and 9 being connected by substantially vertical portions- 10 which bear against the front side of the axle shown at 11 and are held in fixed relation thereto by means of U-shaped bolts 12 extending above and beneath the axle and Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

passing through bridge plates 13 at the rear oi the axle asclearly shown.

Each of the arms 9 terminates in an elongated loop 1-1 which passes through another correspondingly shapedloop 15 extending rearwardly from the bottom of the fender body at the angle formed between the bot tom bar 3 thereof and the adjacent upwardly extending bar 5. A helical expansion spring 16 encircles the loops 11 and 15, one end of said spring bearing against the' body of the fender frame and the other extremity of said spring bearing against a plate 17 having a fixed relation to the lower arm 9 of the adjacent supporting member.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. it will now be understood that normally the fender is in the position illustrated in Fig. 3, inclining slightly forward toward the bottom thereof and providing ample road clearance between the tender and the road surface. \Vhen the fender body comes into contact with a person or object, the loops 14: and 15 slide relatively to each other, the lower portion of the fender body moving rearwardly and at the same time downwardly, compressing the spring 16. This serves to cushion the blow imparted to the person or object struck by the fender, at the same time preventing such person or object from getting under the wheels and body of ward end, il. fender l (;il having a jointed eunneetiun wiili the upper nuns of said :-ll])- ports and having lmelmunlly extending loops slidnble in {he lnops of the lower arms of said supports, shoulders at the rear ends (if the last named loops, Elllil (ZUllUl expansion springs encircling ilie relatively SllClP ble loops of the snppni'ts and fender lzody un l lllhl'lOOSULl between sziill shoulders and ilie emlei' lmtl). 10 In testimony whereof 1 Mix my signnluixi in pi'esenee oi {WU witnesses.

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